I traded going over 1080p for having multiple monitors. Though a colleague tells me with an ultrawide, it’s even better because you get to experience the best of both worlds. I’ll have to try that in a couple of years. Now my goal is to get VR.
Excited for you! I know a lot of folks are pretty “meh” on VR, but I’ve been using it for at least the past 6-7 years and it just keeps getting better. The magic never wears off. Have some fun with it when you get it, and remember to take breaks!
I’m really excited myself. It’s tech that might help me a lot, as I’m physically disabled.
I’ve been enjoying the long “walking” videos on Youtube, and I’ve seen some walkers have videos in 360. It’ll be like going on vacation, without the physical hassle that comes with it.
And, of course, I’m looking forward to using it for gaming too.
I always thought ultrawide would be nice, but having tried it recently, it wasn’t really worth it for gaming. For productivity, sure, but the extra space in my horizontal peripheral vision was only noticeably enjoyable in racing games.
I’ve got a 1080p monitor and a 4k TV in my house and have used my computer plugged into each. The TV is also better for a lot of non-resolution reasons so sometimes I’ll want to move it there for those factors but in terms of displaying the 4k visuals, I honestly don’t think it makes a difference for me at all. Rendering the image at 4k internally has all sorts of benefits for the graphics but displaying that internally 4k image on the 1080 monitor retains all those benefits so I don’t see any point in buying a higher-definition monitor.
But the thing is, I never even wanted 4k on the TV at all. I didn’t want it to be smart, either. I just wanted good-looking colors and it became impossible to find a TV that put the effort into what I cared about that didn’t come with the other features. So I suspect that when I do ever replace my monitor, it’s probably also going to strong-arm me into having a higher resolution that I don’t actually want. And I can’t help but assume this is a big portion of what’s leading to these survey results.
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Cries in 3070 with dual 1080p. One day…
I run one 1440p and one 1080p on a 6750XT, most games run fine for me. Have you tried with the 3070?
I mostly mean one day I’ll be able to justify dropping $1k on an ultrawide and be done with it. I know I’m absolutely underutilizing my card.
I traded going over 1080p for having multiple monitors. Though a colleague tells me with an ultrawide, it’s even better because you get to experience the best of both worlds. I’ll have to try that in a couple of years. Now my goal is to get VR.
Excited for you! I know a lot of folks are pretty “meh” on VR, but I’ve been using it for at least the past 6-7 years and it just keeps getting better. The magic never wears off. Have some fun with it when you get it, and remember to take breaks!
I’m really excited myself. It’s tech that might help me a lot, as I’m physically disabled.
I’ve been enjoying the long “walking” videos on Youtube, and I’ve seen some walkers have videos in 360. It’ll be like going on vacation, without the physical hassle that comes with it.
And, of course, I’m looking forward to using it for gaming too.
I always thought ultrawide would be nice, but having tried it recently, it wasn’t really worth it for gaming. For productivity, sure, but the extra space in my horizontal peripheral vision was only noticeably enjoyable in racing games.
I’ve got a 1080p monitor and a 4k TV in my house and have used my computer plugged into each. The TV is also better for a lot of non-resolution reasons so sometimes I’ll want to move it there for those factors but in terms of displaying the 4k visuals, I honestly don’t think it makes a difference for me at all. Rendering the image at 4k internally has all sorts of benefits for the graphics but displaying that internally 4k image on the 1080 monitor retains all those benefits so I don’t see any point in buying a higher-definition monitor.
But the thing is, I never even wanted 4k on the TV at all. I didn’t want it to be smart, either. I just wanted good-looking colors and it became impossible to find a TV that put the effort into what I cared about that didn’t come with the other features. So I suspect that when I do ever replace my monitor, it’s probably also going to strong-arm me into having a higher resolution that I don’t actually want. And I can’t help but assume this is a big portion of what’s leading to these survey results.